Heard this song and knew I needed to share it today. Today was Mother's Day and I had the privilege of going and spending time with some other moms for a single mother's day luncheon that was hosted by my daughter's pastor's wife. I was there as a storyteller, sharing a storytime with the younger children. I loved being there, visiting with other women, talking and sharing life with them.
I'm a single mother myself, having raised a daughter pretty much by myself for most of her life. By God's Grace, shown through friends and family, I have been able to raise up a beautiful young woman who now has a family of her own.
Jesus was the son of a single mother…of sorts. Joseph married her, but you have to know there were whispers about the timing of Jesus' birth. He then died a most scandal-ridden death, death on a cross. Scandal at his birth and scandal at his death.
And yet, both speak of great Grace, that reached down into the muck and the mire of humanity with hope and love. That hope and love reached a most muck-covered and mire-blemished young woman and raised her up, not by her efforts, but completely by God's scandalous Grace. And I stand because of Him, and I praise Him for that scandalous Grace.
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